Texas vs North Carolina: Longhorns Aren't Ready to Handle UNC in Chapel Hill

The Texas Longhorns are starting to put it together.

Their true freshman point guard, Myck Kabongo, is averaging 12 points and 6.5 assists in their last five games and they've won seven straight.

However, their only true road contest so far this season came against a below average UCLA team in Pauley Pavilion.

At 10-2 they are a team on the rise, but they're about to get a dose of reality from the No. 6 UNC Tar Heels.

Roy Williams' team features three players scoring more than 14 points per game, and is one of the top offensive teams in the country.

They're also sporting one of the most dominant front courts in college basketball.

The Tar Heels are currently averaging 86.4 points per game (third nationally), a ridiculous 44.9 rebounds per game (first nationally) and 19.5 assists per game (third nationally).

Their worst offense number is their 48 percent shooting percentage from the field (29th nationally).

UNC has topped 90 points six time so far this year. Texas has done it three times.

The Longhorns aren't too far behind in scoring as they average 80.5 points per game (18th nationally), but they average 10 less rebounds per game and five less assists.

Texas junior J'Covan Brown will have to outplay his current 19 points per game average if the Longhorns are going to keep up Harrison Barnes and the Tar Heels. But, more importantly, they have to find a way to rebound the basketball.

None of the Longhorns players average more than 5.5 boards per game and their biggest players are 6'7" and 6'10".

UNC's junior 6'11" forward John Henson is averaging 10.3 rebounds per game and 7' senior Tyler Zeller is averaging 8.2 boards per game.

This monstrous duo is too much for anyone in the nation to handle, let alone an undersized Texas team.

The Tar Heels are still finding their groove and will welcome the test from from a rising Longhorn ball club. Ultimately UNC is too big, too powerful and too potent for Texas to handle right now.